This is an analysis of the poem A Lady's Choice that begins with:

Her old love in tears and silence had been building her a palace
Ringed by moats and flanked with towers, he had set it on a hill... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111010100010 111110101110101 10111111000101110 011010101011101 1110101111101010 111010101010101 1111101010101010 111000101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Lady's Choice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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